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Photo of the week: I love being a yoga teacher! Teaching classes with 20 people, teaching classes with eight people, teaching my lunchtime yogis at work on Friday (as pictured here). I am so grateful to have experienced teacher training and now be able to teach!
Start your week right! Every . . . READ MORE

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For the next two weeks, my one-on-one mentoring services for writers looking to go freelance are on sale!
Go check it out!
–Lauren*
The post 5th Anniversary . . . READ MORE

Welcome to the Get Gutsy interview series! Each month, I interview people who are getting gutsy– stepping outside their comfort zones to reach their goals and live a life that makes them truly happy.
Click here to read past Get Gutsy interviews.
Today, I'm so excited to introduce you to one of . . . READ MORE

Firstly, no I have not dropped off the edge of the world, although I did visit it last week (seriously, check out the photo). I've just had a slightly crazy month, and quite honestly felt a bit uninspired to write a post. But I had last week off, and found . . . READ MORE

Hey, Everyone!
Forgive me, but I'm going to wrap-up July 2015 three days early because I have a post going up on August 1st and another (very important!!) one going up on August 4th and I don't want to bombard you with too many posts in a row. If anything super . . . READ MORE

Let me set the scene:
I'm out for drinks with two of my best girlfriends. We're debriefing about an amazing date I had the night before. Only problem? The guy didn't follow up with me. No text. No call. Nada.
Instant confusion.
My girlfriends and I spent some time debating if I should . . . READ MORE

Hey, Everyone!
I do these posts about my gorgeous fake nails every three months or so and, well, it's that time again!
As usual, if you don't feel like looking at a bunch of pictures of my fingers decked out in different colored plastics, feel free to skip over this entry.
But, . . . READ MORE

Hey, Everyone!
Short update today!
Elna Cain interviewed me for her article “12 Freelance Writing Experts Reveal Their Best Way to Land Gigs.” Go check that out!
And, in other news, I've been working on a new site! It's called LittleZotz Teens — at littlezotzteens.com — and it focuses on helping young writers . . . READ MORE

Photo of the week: “When you do something noble and beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad. For the sun every morning is a beautiful spectacle and yet most of the audience still sleeps.” -John Lennon // This week on vacation in OCNJ, the sun had an audience .
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“There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.” -Nelson Mandela
The notion of “home” is so interesting.
Homebody.
Homesick.
Homegrown.
Homecoming.
Hometown.
So many words that begin with the all-important four letters that make up the word home.
Home also has so many different meanings.
Where . . . READ MORE